Mop holder



Jan. 7, 1930. R SCHAMPEL 1,742,937

MOP HOLDER v Filed Feb. 25, 1929 ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 7, 1930 ROYAL SCI-IAMPEL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

MOP HOLDER Application led February 25,. 1929. Serial No.342,5764.

My present invention has reference to a novel mop holder construction, my primary object being the provision of a device for this purpose in which a mopping head or cloth may be easily and quickly clamped in operative position and readily removed from the improvement without necessitating the same being contacted by the hand of the user.

More speciiically the improvement comprises a iianged plate which is centrally integrally formed with eyes in which is received and Xed the handle of the mop holder, the side flanges of the plate or body being provided with spaced ribs that afford a groove therebetween and apertures to the rear of the groove, said grooves receiving the parallel arms at the ends of a coil spring therebetween, the outer ends of the arms being odset to be received in the apertures, the construction being such that the spring holding member may be easily and quickly swung to engage with the mop head or cloth and also wherein a blow delivered upon one side of the spring holder will force the offset or hooked ends of the arm of the second side of the holder out of the aperture so that the mop cloth may be removed without handling.

To the attainment of the foregoing the invention consists in the improvement hereinafter described and definitely claimed. Y

In the drawings:

Figure 1 isa perspective view of the improvement.

Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof. Figure 3 is a sectional view on the line 3*-3 of Figure 2.

Figure l is a sectional View on the line 4-4 of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a sectional view on the line 5 5 of Figure 2.

In the showing of the drawings I have not deemed it necessary to illustrate the mopping cloth.

As disclosed by the drawings I make use 5o same with eyes 3 for the reception of the of a metal body member in the nature of handle 4i. The eyesy are formed with V- shaped slits and the metal bounded by these. slits isbent upon itself to formthesame with prongs 5 that enter the: handle. l and' effectively hold the same onV the body or plate. The side flanges 2 are provided with outstanding bulged .portions forming pairs: of spaced. ribs.- 6 andi inwardly. rounded' grooves Z bet-Ween the ribs. The ribs and groovesdo not extend the entire length of the sides, and inward of the said grooves the sides, in a. line with. the grooves 7 are prof. vided each with an aperture 8.1 These apertures are adapted to receivetherethrough the oifset or hooked ends 9 on the parallel side arms IO provided at the ends` of a convelute spr-ing Il. The spring is disposed in close proximityto the front flange 2 of the body.. l and it will ,be yapparent thatv wheneither of the hooked or odset ends 9. are brought out of one of the apertures Sthat a mop or wipingv cloth may be arrangedfbetween the. spring 1l andthe onter'flange ofthe body l and the wiping cloth may be arranged more expeditiously upon the device by a pressure upon the coiled portion of the spring to bring the arms 10 thereof out of the rounded grooves 7 and thereby swing the cloth holding spring upon the hooked ends 9. To remove the cloth it is merely necessary to exert a violent pressure against one end of the coil spring. From experience it has been found necessary to force one of the hooked ends 9 out of the aperture occupied thereby so that the cloth can be removed from the device without handling.

The construction is light weight and easy to handle, the spring coil holds the cloth secure and there is nothing that can catch on furniture or radiators which would cause the cloth to become loosened.

The coiled portion of the spring allows for various thicknessesP of cloths or mop heads.

It is to be understood that changes may be made in the precise details of the construction. The device is so constructed that the same may be easily dismantled for the replacement of parts should any of the same Y become broken and does not embody elements which are liable to disorder or breakage through use.

Having described the invention, I claim:

l. A mop holder comprising a body plate 5 having flanges along its side and front edges carryin a handle and having spaced rlbs on the slde anges roviding grooves between said ribs and said) side Hanges being aperrtured inward of the grooves in alinement therewith, a coil spring along the front flange of the body plate to frictionally hold a mopping cloth, said spring having its ends provided with parallel arms received between the ribs, and the ends of the said arms being '15 bent inward and received in the apertures.

2. A mop holder comprising a bod plate having front and side upstanding flanges, and having integrally formed eyes in the central part of the plate to receive a pole therego through, the side flanges of the body being formed each with a pair of spaced longitudinally extending parallel ribs, providing an inwardly rounded groove between said ribs, and the said side flanges inward of the ribs z5 and in a line with the grooves being provided with apertures, a coil spring arranged adjacent to the front flange of the body and parallel therewith'providing a gripping element for holding a mopping cloth against the a0 front fiange and said spring havingits end convolutions formed with parallel arms received in the rounded grooves between the ribs and the ends of the said arms being bent toward each other and received through the apertures in the side anges of f. the body plate. y

In testimony whereof I alix my signature.

Y ROYAL SCHAMPEL. 

